Swas Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Swas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Swas (66) may also be a first name.

Swas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Swas Come From? nationality or country of origin

Swas (Oriya: ାସ) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Swas are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 37 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Swas is also the 1,201,840th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 66 people.

This surname is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 90 percent are found and Assam, where 10 percent are found. Not including India this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 30 percent are found and Thailand, where 11 percent are found.

Swas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Swas surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swash89685/
Swase89114/
Swais89109/
Swass8963/
Sweas8936/
Sways894/
Swasd891/
Swaus890/
Swads890/
Szwast80414/
Swaiss8067/
Swayse806/
Swuase806/
Swashe803/
Schwas803/
Szwats801/
Swaths801/
Szwasz801/
Swasse801/
S'Ways801/
Swaish800/
Swaits800/
Suas75176/
Zwas7547/
Svas757/
Swaz757/
Swaj757/
Swac754/
Sbas753/
Swax751/
Schwass731,147/
Swaiseh73199/
Shwaish7321/
Shwatse737/
Schwads732/
Schwats732/
Sweaseh731/
Schwasz731/
Schwaas730/
Sweis673,312/
Suase67517/
Swarz67153/
Sbais6792/
Svast6780/
Zwass6745/
Swach6736/
Szuas6725/
Sweys6725/
Svasp6719/
Swaaz6716/
Chwas6713/
Swaij6711/
Sbash6711/
Svads6710/
Svase6710/
Suast6710/
Shwaz676/
Swaiz675/
Svats674/
Shvas674/
Schwauss673/
Swaic673/
Svash672/
Sbass672/
Sjbas671/
Suass671/
Shbas671/
Schwasrz671/
Swost671/
Svajs671/
Sveas671/
Shuas671/
Swace671/
Szwac671/
Swazc671/
Shwaj671/
Zwash671/
Schwause670/
Schwaits670/
Swots670/
Swosh670/

Swas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swas in the Oriya language
ାସasa-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Swas
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